Improvement in seeding-machines



P. MCGLEW.

Corn-Planter.

Patented Jan. 6. 1863.

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PATRICK MGGLEW, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT lN SEEDlNG-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,353, dated January 6, 1863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK MCGLEW, of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Seeding-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line 09 m, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

This invention relates toa new and improved seeding-machine of that class which are designed for sowing seed in hills and in check' rows-such as corn, for instance, sugar-cane, cotton-seed, &c.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to de scribe it with reference to the drawings.

A represents the frame of the machine, which may be of rectangular form. This frame A is mounted on two wheels, B B, and it has two parallel bars, a a, secured longitudinally on its upper part at its center, between the front parts of which the draftpole O is fitted and secured by a horizontal bolt, I). The back end of the draft-pole is connected by a link, D, with a lever,E, the fulcrum c of which is on the frame A. The link D is simplya screwbolt provided at its lower end with a book, 01, which is fitted in an eye or staple, e, in the back end of the draft-pole, the bolt having a screw on its upper end to receive a nut, f, which bears on the upper surface of the lever E. The lever E has an oblique position on the frame A, and it extends back by the side of the supports of an elevated seat, F, on which the driver is seated when the machine is in operation.

G represents a bar, which is fitted in guides g g, attached to the under side of the back part of the frame A. These guides g g are suffi ciently long to admitof the bar G working back and forth in them a suitable distance, as will be fully understood by referring to Fig. 1. The bar G extends the whole width of the frame A, and it has a scraper, H, at each end of it. These scrapers are of metal and of curved form, and project toward the periphery of each wheel B, and are sufficiently wide to extend across the whole width of the treads or peripheries of the wheels. The bar G is connected by a link, I, to a horizontal lever, J, which is attached by a fulcrum-pin, 71., to the under side ofone of the bars a of the frame A. This lever J, as well as the lever E, is operated by the feet of the driver on seat 1*, the lever E being actuated by the right and the lever J by the left foot.

K K are two furrow-shares, which may be formed of a curved bar, i, and a forked or divaricated plate, 9'. These shares are attached to horizontal bars L and vertical bars M, the former being secured to the latter at right angles. The vertical bars M are fitted in metal guides N N, which are provided with a horizontal lip, k, at their upper and lower ends, and these lips fit over the upper and lower edges of the front cross-bar, l, of the frame A. In each of the vertical bars M an upright oblong slot, m, is made, through which a screwbolt, n, passes, said bolts also passing through the guides N N and into the front cross-bar, I, of the frame A, as shown in Fig. 1. By unscrewing the bolts to. it will be seen that the bars M may be raised and lowered and secured at any desired point within the movement allowed by the slots m. Consequently the furrow-shares K may be raised or lowered, ac cording to the depth of furrows required. The furrow-shares K may be elevated entirely above the surface of the ground when necessary-as, for instance, in turning at the ends ofrows and in moving the machine from place to place-by pressing down the back part of the lever E. By this means the whole of the front part of the machine is elevated, the front end of the draft-pole being held in position by the usual attachments which connect it with the team. At any time when the peripheries of the wheels B B require to be cleaned the work is done by the driver actuating the lever J with his foot, thereby bringing the scrapers H in contact with the peripheries of the wheels B. The play of the bar G in the guides g admits of this movement of bar G, and allows either end of the bar to adjust its scraper properly to the periphery of the wheel B in front of it.

The front part of the frame A'is prevented from being unduly elevated in consequence of the back part of lever E, when depressed a certain distance, coming in contact with the back part of the frame A.

The seed is discharged from hoppers O 0, placed in the front part of the frame A-one directly in front of each wheel B. These hoppers are provided each with a cut-off brush, P, and the perforated ends ofa slide, Q, works in each hopper and discharges the seed into tubes R, which pass down behind the furrowshares K. The slide Q, is Worked by a lever, S, by a personon a seat, T, which is attached to the front part of the support of the drivers seat F. The seed is dropped when the shares K cross the furrows previously made in the field, it being understood that the field is previously marked or furrowed in one direction before the machine is brought into use, and

the latter moved so as to cross the previous furrows, or those first made at right angles. This seed-distributing device, however, is old and well known, it being on various seedingmachines in common use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The scrapers H H, attached to the bar Gr, fitted in guides g g, and connected to a lever, J, the whole constructed, arranged, and operating in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

PATRICK MCGLEW,

Witnesses:

B. E. GRooKER, WARREN GUR'rIs. 

